Govt to boost spending on renewable energy development

The proposed budget for the renewable energy and conservation is 10 times the approximately Rp 1 trillion in the 2015 state budget, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said.

He said around Rp 1 trillion would be allocated for geothermal exploration.

In this year’s state budget, the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry received a total of Rp 14.9 trillion, of which only around Rp 1 trillion was earmarked for the development of infrastructure related to renewable energy and energy conservation.